18/08/09
We spent today in Tbilisi, visiting Rusiko Oat at her New Art Cafe. This turned out to be a great opportunity to accidentally meet people that we’d intended to get in touch with anyway.
Ana Riaboshenko from TRAM (Transform Art Module) spoke to us about their projects in Tbilisi and the regions. She also told us about her work at Open Society Georgia Foundation.
Magda Guruli, curator of Artisterium, arts manager at and editor of Loop’A international art magazine, spoke to us about the upcoming Artisterium event in October and the Emergency Biennale – a touring exhibition dedicated to Chechnya which makes its 12th stop in Tbilisi.
Wato Tsereteli – artist and teacher at the Academy talked about his work, his plans for opening a small contemporary art centre in Tbilisi and art education in Georgia after the move to the Bologna system in HE.
We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around in Tbilisi’s gorgeous old town before heading back to Kote’s to watch some early films by Otar Iosseliani.
Tomorrow, off to Ratcha.
